#celio cat

[garland-on-thy-brow]

[Aulo Gabinio e i suoi processi, Giuseppe Stocchi, 1892]

"depravatissimo Celio"...

The author is saying that Aulus Gabinius had two besties from his youth, Catilina and Pompey. He then talks about Cicero's allegations that Catilina and Gabinius fucked but calls them dubious evidence, and adds "it should be noted that Cicero provides not only a defence but almost a panegyric of the friendship that existed between Catilina and the notorious reprobate Caelius (Pro Cael. V 12)".

The author then mentions that Gabinius' friendship with Pompey also did not escape gay allegations - but later in the book argues that those were created in translation, and that Plutarch in Plut. Cat. Mi. 33 did not actually call Gabinius "one of Pompey's whores".

[taocc-updates]

”Oh, you like Taocc? Name every character.”

BET.

edit: I added the vague number of total characters listed. We’re at about 270, and I’m still adding characters.

(*By technicality

**formerly/no longer active/no longer acknowledged by the narrative as existing

***exist as of like ten seconds ago

I will only be including characters recognized as part of Taocc by more than one person. Characters will be vaguely grouped together however the frick I feel like and with only the vague suggestion of transitions. A character must have a tangible role that still has effects at the time of posting to be counted. I’m not counting all the deactivated characters from OG Taocc, for example. I am referencing the updates blog list as well as my following for this, because the challenge is to name them all, not to name them all by memory. Animals barely count sometimes when I feel like it.)

Gangle, Ragatha**, Pomni**, Kinger**, Zooble**, Caine*, Bubble**, S-Gangle, Shadow, Kaufmo, Sproingle, Unnamed Abtractions*, Easton West, Northa West, Lonn Gitud, Lattia Tudor, Felicia, Caleb, Zachariah Woods, Zombie anon, Simon Mallory/Silhouette/Aleksander, Isaac Brennan/Mix, Elida Doyle, Alice Mallory, Nikolai Harrison/Carbine, Artemis/Kepler, Calamity/Cassandra, Remnant, Sami Harrison, Yelena, Daniel, Artem, Charles/Plague Doctor Anon, Dialtone/Drias, Ilas/Amalgam, Trevor***, Archie***, Abigail***, Stella***, Paisley***, Espresso the Cat, Edward/Pharaoh, Abayomi, Clown Anon, Colorbine, Helpful Anon, Waffle Anon, Sparkler Anon, Kumo, Kopi, Violet, Stitch, Chance, Nightmare, Arthur Pendragon, Verie Pendragon, Mercutio, Juliet/Assassin Anon, Aokigahara, Dunite, Rocky, Rusty, Ryan, Dunite’s Parents, Deedee, Usagi/Usa, Icia/Ice anon, Fred, Odette/Odysseys, Samuel, Mytha, Celio, Basso, Vaga, Nova, Hexe, Slynn, Yume, Yume’s Mother and Father, the Protector, Ramona/Rae, Mirobelle, Ramiro, Achilles, Dime, Aklatan, Latte, Alexander (kingdom edition), Mocha, Switchboard, Ace Zeppelin, Damsel, Levi, Nathan, Myau, Nya, Mynou, Dusk, Jessy, Amelia, Jessy’s mother, Fynn, Joy, Ciana, Apollo, Virgo, Aster, Lance, Raina, Flare, Citrina, Citrina’s sisters (the only named one is “Jade”), Nymn, Nymn’s ex, Fae anon, Clara, Chip, Alpen, Unnamed Zodiac Angels, Kade, Feris, Pixel, Vanessa, Unnamed Arcade Worker 2/Mike, Conny, Shairo (deceased permanently), Hans, “John Smith”, Gun Pirate (lol), Unnamed Drunk Pirate, Unnamed Jar Lady, Unnamed third pirate with a gun, Dalia, Mikey, Anderson, Toga, Abstraction Anon, Quin, Blaze (Squiffer edition)/Zephyr, Skeleton anon, Mage Anon/Tanya, Camara, Avian, Sign Anon/Steven, Origami Anon/Octavia, Tea Anon/Kitsune/Katrina, Simon (Bookend), Seer anon/Sarah, Umbra, Arrows anon, Bow Anon, (Other) Bow Anon, Hex, Sun, Moon*, Sigil, Insanity, Dusty, Lantern/Eternal Flame, Eternity, Darkis, Infinity, Entity, Ember, Unknown, Juko, Lilo, Bob, Hammer, Mallet, Fox anon, Teleporting anon, Nuffle, Pyxel, Thanatos, Tiger, Siam, Sabrina (Sun’s daughter), Taika, Sisu, Quest, Tip, Stranger, Radio, Shelly, Astrion, Gaia, Aella, Electricity anon, Conspiracy anon, Bap Anon, Eve.chr, Phoenix*, The Dragon of Abyss, The Dragoness of Sky, Lemonade/Lewis, Reverie/Guidance anon, Unnamed Autumn Season, Unnamed Winter Season, Neb, Cardlan, Minimi, Entity (Backrooms edition), Casper, Manna, Pamela, Eden*, Grif, Trudy, Pen, Paper, Sophronius, Acacius, Milo, Drunk anon (deceased), Scissors anon, Thief Anon, Void anon, Cupcake anon, Chaos Enjoyer Anon, Thyme, Angst anon, villain anon, “Lucy”, Simp anon, Comax, Pickle gifter anon, pickle stealer anon, fish anon, deus ex machinanon, mail anon, foundation anon, lost anon, dropkick anon, Bug anon, Paranoia Anon, Rocket launcher anon, Kyubey, Mimic, Rodger, Ludvic, sunshine anon, anger anon, Frazzle, Wade, Loyal anon, Loyal Servant anon, the cookie run cookies lol, Felicia (top hat edition), Tophat, Greenie, Red(?), The Polygon Bees (TM), Eepy anon, Ethan, Dark, Void/Ollie, DJ, Star, Mercury/Marcus, Elysia/Evangeline Elizabeth Ambrosia, Blaze (Planetquest edition)/Brandon, Jasper, Callista/Leilani, Ursula, Ari, Lumiel/Lark, uhhh…I think that’s it

did I do it do I freaking win

Someone please count how many characters there are (there should be one comma per character if that helps)

Edit: Nevermind, I did it for you.

This is a vague number, the actual number is higher than this, maybe about 270-300

[inkbedou]

Célio - Cryo!Lix

first of the three, created originally by @sammys-magical-au , we got Cryo!lix, aka Célio!

(IMPORTANT NOTE; i will post three ISWM!Lix designs! I'll be posting the second one tomorrow and the third the day after that!)

cool in the face of danger and rational in even the most difficult of situations, Celci's second in command strives to protect and assist all colonists in their travels with his trusty goggles and his cat Wafer by his side, no matter how dire or simple the situation at hand is.

more info about him under the read more!

i always imagined him to be more like little lix than irl lix in personality (mostly meaning more confident xd)

is kind of quiet, but in a "i dont have anything to add" way most times. in that sense, he is a little cold

as shown in top right, he adores fog, and will always be the first to volunteer to fix cryo just so he can sit in that foggy room for a while

since making Cruz, ive begun to have three things that all my lix egos must have: a cat, a weapon and an inclination towards literally anything artistic. and thankfully sammy had already come up with an artistic thing for him! to cope with the trauma from the wormhole business, he enjoys painting :D

as also shown above, his cat companion is an alien kitty named Wafer! i decided to keep the original design i had made for him cause i love how vibrant the colors are :DD

i have always imagined that the little free time he gets, he spends joking/talking/gossiping with Celci. mostly about Engineer. kinda how Celci is always complaining ab mark in ISWM but Celio listens and jokes around what Celci says

apart from that, i like to imagine that at some point before the Invincible II was done, Celio and Celci enjoyed ice skating together :D (listen i love the idea of ice skating i needed to put it on a character and these fit perfectly so,,)

the idea for his huge hoodie honestly came from the fact that i just recently got a similar one and its so warm and comfy i thought it would fit really well XD

finally, his weapon isn't really a weapon, but a smoke bomb! his goggles have technology that allow him to see heat signatures, so he can throw his smoke bomb, put on his goggles and see the enemy without the enemy seeing him B)

i feel like i should mention that i know Célio is more a Brazilian name than Portuguese, but u gotta agree with me that it fits perfectly with Celci!

it was super fun making Célio, and next up is reactor!lix !! thank u for reading this all if u got to this point!

[thedreamworldlibrary]

Dreamers of Myths & Legends Chap. 5-Pokeball Heist!

Next chapter! Next new team member on the squad! I get excited writing the chapters of the new team members because holy crap I go so in detail on those chapters. This fanfic was 18  pages long and that’s possibly my longest one!

Thanks to @gigilefache for being my beta reader!

Enjoy!

Eric hummed as he cooked breakfast for his daughter and the researchers. He decided to make waffles and scrambled eggs with some fresh fruit. Carly on the other hand was making breakfast for Ridley, Oddity, and the researcher’s newest member, Sprigatito.

“There. Done,” Carly sighed, finishing making the Pokemon their breakfast. “Okay, breakfast is ready!” She put the tray of Pokemon food down, as Ridley, Oddity, and Sprigatito ran downstairs. “I hope you all like it, it’s Pokemon food sprinkled with fruit and a zest of Oran Berry.”

Ridley and Oddity’s eyes sparkled and started to eat their breakfast, which made them sigh happily at how good it was.

“Eevee!” Oddity exclaimed.

“Aipom!” Ridley exclaimed too.

Before she could eat, Sprigatito wanted to thank the young girl for making her breakfast, “Meow!” She exclaimed as she nuzzled onto Carly’s knee, thanking her for the food.

Carly squeaked and stepped back from Sprigatito and hid behind her father.

Sprigatito was confused and felt hurt wondering why Carly stepped back.

“Sorry darling,” Lewis spoke up as he came downstairs. “I should’ve told you, Carly has a fear of touching Pokémon.”

Sprigatito sighed and looked down. Lewis gave a light chuckle as he petted the Grass Cat Pokémon. It made her feel better.

“It’s okay Sprigatito. I like you, I just can’t touch you.” Carly explained hoping to cheer for the Grass-type Pokemon.

Sprigatito understood and went over to the other two Pokemon eating their breakfast.

“Eevee! Vee!” Oddity exclaimed telling Sprigatito to try Carly’s breakfast.

Sprigatito went over and took a bite of her breakfast and smiled at how good it tasted as she started to eat with the other two Pokemon.

Lewis smiled as he sat down and soon Wiatt and Oliver came down. “Morning.” Oliver said, letting out a yawn.

“Morning you two!” Lewis exclaimed. Oliver and Wiatt sat down as Eric and Carly brought over breakfast for the boys. 

However, Eric saw someone was missing. “Uh, where’s Sara?” He asked.

“She’s up in the room. She is waiting for a phone call.” Wiatt said, starting to cut into his waffle and eating it.

Lewis knew what the phone call was and got up from the table. 

“You okay?” Oliver asked, looking up at his best friend.

“Yeah. I’ll be back darlings. Just going to check on Sara.” Lewis said. He left the kitchen and went upstairs to check on the female researcher.

Sprigatito and Oddity looked at one another and decided to check up on Sara too. Ridley watched his friends leave and saw they left some of their breakfast left. He shrugged and decided to eat their breakfast too.

In the researcher’s room, Sara stared at her Rotom Phone and waited for it to ring. She got up earlier than usual so she could look her best for her phone call. Feeling like it took forever, her phone rang and quickly she answered it.

On the video call, was a person with dark skin, dark brown eyes, and messy dark brown hair with two white flicks framing their face. They wore a blue t-shirt and wore a purple beanie.

“Celio!” Sara exclaimed.

“Morning Sara! How is everything at Mr. Gale’s research center?” Celio asked.

“Great! We’re currently researching mythical Pokemon.” Sara replied, but she didn’t seem so pleased about it, “wasn’t something I expected but one of the researchers wanted to do it.”

Celio chuckled and soon the sound of bleating came into view. “I know you’ve been excited to talk to her.” They said looking at whoever made the bleating noise. Celio moved their Rotom Phone over to a Skiddo who looked happy to see her trainer.

Sara chuckled seeing her Pokémon looking all happy and healthy. “Skiddo!” She exclaimed.

Skiddo bleated in joy and started to jump in joy seeing her trainer again.

Lewis slowly opened the door and smiled seeing his best friend in her phone call with their caretaker and Pokémon.

“How has she been doing?” Sara asked.

“Fine.” Celio replied, but soon she frowned, “However…” 

Sara was confused as to why her caretaker paused like that. “Is something wrong with Skiddo?” She asked.

“Since you left Skiddo would be in your room all day and wait for you. She’ll eat, but not a lot, and will sleep all day.” Celio explained.

Sara saw in the video called Skiddo walking around before going to the floor and looking down. She frowned seeing her Pokémon like this.

“Aww, I miss you too Skiddo,” Sara replied. “Celio, if you’d like I can make it back home to Santalune City right away! I’m sure Eric would understand.”

“That’s why I called you,” Celio said cutting off their child. “I was thinking of sending Skiddo over to you to help you out with your research?”

Sara’s eyes widened, “but before I left. I left Skiddo with you so you can have help with the DayCare Center.” She explained.

“I know, but I feel like you two need to be together. I’ll be fine, don't worry.” Celio said, reassuring Sara.

Sara felt tears in her eyes and smiled. Her best friend was finally coming along with her. “Alright. Send her over and I’ll go pick her up.” She said, accepting it.

Celio smiled and gave a light chuckle, “Skiddo come over here! I’m sending you to Sara!”

Skiddo overheard and smiled widely as she ran over to Celio, knocking them down. Sara flinched at the scene and worried for her caretaker. “Are you okay?”

Celio had swirls in their eyes as Skiddo looked concerned for them. “I’m fine. I just forgot about Skiddo’s strength.”

Skiddo chuckled nervously, forgetting her strength too.

Sara smiled and chuckled. “I can’t wait!” She cheered jumping from her bed. However, she was so excited she forgot that she was on the top bunk and banged her head on the ceiling, fell off, and rubbed her head in pain.

“Eevee!” Oddity exclaimed running over to Sara.

“Ow. Ow. Ow.” Sara repeated in pain.

“You okay darling?” Lewis asked.

“I’m fine.” 

Oddity and Sprigatito went over to the girl to see if she was okay. Sara gave a small smile and petted the two Pokemon. “Hey you two, would you like to meet a new friend?” She asked.

The Pokemon duo’s eyes widened when hearing about a new friend that would be joining them and got excited. Sara chuckled seeing the two were excited to hear about Skiddo coming to join them.

Lewis smiled, “I’m guessing Celio is going to bring over your Skiddo so she can be part of the research team.” He guessed.

Sara smiled and nodded. “I’m so excited! I’ve been missing her for a long time!” She exclaimed.

Lewis gave a light chuckle seeing his friend happy. 

“Come on.” Sara said, as she grabbed his hand and started to go down the stairs, with Sprigatito and Oddity not far behind, “we got to get to the Pokemon Center and pick her up!”

“But Sara, what about breakfast?” Lewis asked.

“Breakfast could wait!” Sara replied, too excited to eat. She and Lewis passed by the kitchen, which was noticed by the others before Sara came back, still dragging Lewis. “Oliver, Wiatt! Hurry up you two we have to get to the Pokemon Center!”

Wiatt was surprised, he swallowed his food without chewing it. He drank some orange juice to wash it down. “N-Now?!” He exclaimed.

“B-But we’re still eating.” Oliver reminded her.

“No time!” Sara yelled. “Hurry up, slowpokes!”

The boys saw Sprigatito and Oddity following behind and they stopped to tell the boys they were going to the Pokemon Center. “Eevee! Vee!” Oddity exclaimed, telling Wiatt to hurry up.

Wiatt and Oliver looked at each other and sighed, seeing the two weren’t gonna enjoy their breakfast after all.

The four researchers were walking to Celadon City when Celio texted Sara that it was the Pokémon Center they sent Skiddo. Sara hummed as she walked ahead of her friends excited to see her Skiddo again. Her friends on the other hand were tired as they didn’t have much breakfast and had no energy.

“Darling, I know you're excited to see Skiddo, but we haven’t eaten breakfast yet,” Lewis said.

“I mean we did, but not enough of it,” Oliver added.

Sara turned to her friends with a glare, “Guys I haven’t seen Skiddo in a while. I want to know if she made it safe here.” She explained.

Wiatt sighed, “Skiddo is your best friend, right Sara?” He asked.

Sara gave a small smile and nodded. “I’ve had her since I was a little.” She revealed. “She helped me through a lot.”

“I guess you two are like me and Oddity,” Wiatt revealed as he petted his Eevee.

“Vee.” Oddity sighed.

“Yeah in a way,” Sara replied.

“I understand why you're so excited, it’s almost like seeing an old friend you haven’t seen in years,” Wiatt stated.

“Right, and I can’t wait for Sprigatito and Oddity to meet her! They’ll love her!”

Sprigatito and Oddity smiled excitedly to meet their new friend.

However, once arriving at the Pokemon Center, Sara screamed, “WHAT?!” so loud that people outside the Pokemon Center heard it.

“W-What do you mean Skiddo didn’t arrive?” Sara asked, shaking like she was gonna faint. The guys stood behind her hoping they would catch her if she fainted.

Nurse Joy sighed, “I’m sorry, but it's not just you. A lot of trainers have been missing Pokemon using the transporter lately.” She explained looking at the transporter. “When trainers call me to send their Pokemon in or trainers go transport their Pokemon to someone else it glitches a bit, but where the Pokemon goes is unknown.”

Sara looked distraught over Skiddo going lost. She knew she would have left the facility for a bit to see her Skiddo in person.  

Even though Wiatt didn’t get along with Sara from time to time. He knew how close Sara and Skiddo were and would feel the same if something happened to Oddity.

“How did it happen?” Wiatt asked.

“Well, every month the Pokemon Transporter gets checked up every month to make sure it’s working properly.” Nurse Joy explained. “However, a trio of workers came by earlier than usual and told me there was an emergency at all Pokemon Centers and they should be checked. They did their job and said it was all fixed, after that Pokeballs wouldn’t get to their exact location.”

The researchers all looked at each other and nodded knowing Nurse Joy was tricked. “Did you by any chance see who the people were?” Sara asked.

“They were very weird looking, and they left a business card for me in case I call them back or recommend them to the other Pokemon Centers.” Nurse Joy replied. She pulled out a poorly made business card that looked to be drawn by a kindergartner.

The business card had drawings of Team Rocket in a maintenance worker outfit, but even though the card was poorly drawn Wiatt and his friends didn’t recognize the trio.

“Who was hired, professionals or a daycare?” Sara asked, insulting at the art style.

“Beats me. I never heard of them.” Oliver said.

Soon the sound of running interrupted the four researchers as three young boys ran to Nurse Joy with the look of worry on their faces.

The first boy had fluffy light brown hair, pale green eyes, and a bandage on his cheek. He also wore a pink shirt, black trousers, and gray shoes.

The second boy had fluffy black hair and had pale hazel eyes. He wore a dark brown vest over an orange short-sleeved dress shirt, gray jeans, and black shoes.

The last boy had fluffy dark brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a lilac shirt, light blue shorts, and purple sneakers.

From the looks of their hairstyles, the three boys seemed to be triplets. 

“Nurse Joy!” The boys exclaimed at the same time.

“Did our Pokemon come back yet?” The boy with the pink shirt asked.

“Yeah, we need to do more practice battling!” The boy with the purple shirt added.

Nurse Joy sighed, “I’m sorry boys, I haven’t gotten a word about your Pokemon yet.”

“Aww.” They sighed.

Sara frowned sympathizing with the boys, “Lost your Pokemon too, huh?” She asked.

The triplets nodded in reply.

“This is Jake, John, and James.” Nurse Joy introduced the triplet boys. “They’re regulars at the Pokemon Center, asking questions about Pokemon, and even doing practice battles outside so they come here to heal their Pokemon.”

“Hello.” The triplets said at the same time.

“Hi, boys,” Sara replied. “I’m going through the same thing with my Pokemon.”

“Yeah, we transferred our Pokemon here yesterday, and they still haven’t returned!” Jake explained.

“Look, maybe there’s a logical explanation about this,” John reassured his brother. “Maybe they got teleported to a different Pokemon Center and we just have to ask Mom and dad if they can take us there.”

“I’m afraid not.” Nurse Joy spoke up. This caused the brothers to turn to the nurse. “I’ve called every Pokemon Center in the region, even in Johto, but none have seen the missing Pokeballs anywhere.”

The triplets and Sara frowned and sighed knowing that’s one question answered. “But where have they gone?” James asked.

Meanwhile, miles away from the Pokemon Center, Team Rocket was up to their no-good tricks. Like from the business card, it was them who messed with the Celadon City’s Pokemon Transporter and all the Pokeballs we’re being teleported to them.

“Look at all the Pokemon we got!” Meowth exclaimed.

“I know we’ve done this trick repeatedly, but we were successful this time!” Team Rocket’s James added as he added the Pokeballs into the bag.

“Plus, we made sure our teleporter was away from the city,” Meowth added. “That way we got a headstart to make our getaway.” 

Jessie got done packing her set of Pokeballs and glared to see the guys hadn’t packed up yet. “Hey are you two gonna slack around, or help pack up the Pokeballs?” She asked.

“Wobbuffet!” Wobbuffet shouted.

“That means you too!” Jessie yelled.

“Wobba!” Wobbuffet sighed. Meowth and James sighed as well and went back to putting the Pokeballs back into their bags. 

Back at the Pokemon Center, The group decided to have an early lunch since they didn’t finish their breakfast. Sara just stared at her food, still sad as there was nothing to do about her missing Skiddo.

“Darling,” Lewis spoke up.

Sara didn’t even look up and just stared at her food.

“Aren’t you gonna eat?” Lewis asked again.

Sara sighed, “No. I’m not hungry.”

The boys looked at each other and felt bad for the girl.

“Sara come on, you gotta eat,” Oliver said to his friend.

Sprigatito paused from eating went over to Sara and jumped on her lap. She was surprised till the grass-type Pokemon started tapping her paws on Sara’s chest. “Huh?” Sara asked confused.

“Meow! Meow!” Sprigatito called out pointing at her toe beans.

“You want me to touch them?” Sara asked.

Sprigatito smiled, “meow!” she beamed.

“O-Okay,” Sara said, and she did what Sprigatito told her. The female smiled blissfully as Sprigatito’s toe beans were so soft to touch. As she did a nice aroma smelt the air making Sara feel more relaxed. “This smells good! Thank you Sprigatito!”

“Meow!” Sprigatito replied, as a yout welcome before joining Oddity back to eat.

Lewis leaned over to his Pokemon, “Is that your way of cheering up people, darling?” He asked.

“Meow!” Sprgiatito replied, as a yes. The group laughed, and Sara felt better and decided to eat.

Lewis smiled seeing his best friend cheer up again, and gave Sprigatito a pet on the head. “Thank you, darling.”

Sprigatito smiled, purring at the pets. 

“We are not going all over Kanto by ourselves!” John yelled. The researchers turned to see the triplets having lunch too and discussing ways to find their Pokemon themselves.

“Hey, isn’t that the triplets we met earlier?” Sara asked.

“It is,” Wiatt replied, nodding.

“Come on, someone knows something that happened.” Triplet James said. He then let out a gasp, “If it’s a band of Pokemon thieves, we can take them down and save the Pokemon!”

John looked horrified at his brother, “how do we fight bad guys without Pokemon?” He asked.

“With our Bewear hands of course!” James exclaimed.

John groaned and looked at Jake, “you have any ideas, Jake?” He asked.

“Uh…no sadly,” Jake replied.

Sara got up from her seat and went over to the brothers. “Hi, boys.” She said, causing the boys to turn to her.

“Oh! Hi Miss.” John said.

“You three still bummed out about your Pokemon, huh?” Sara asked.

“Yeah.” The triplets sighed.

Jake looked up at the girl, “Miss. Do you miss your Pokemon?” He asked.

Sara nodded, “Yeah. I’ve had her when I was around your guys’ age.” She said.

James smirked, “So you want to fight Pokemon hunters and get our Pokemon back?” He asked.

Sara chuckled nervously, “Not fight, but find a way to track our Pokeballs down.”

The triplets thought for a bit until Jake got an idea. “What if we send another Pokeball and find a way to track it.” He suggested.

John thought about it, “but how are we gonna track it down?”

“We put a tracking device on it,” Wiatt suggested as he and the rest of the research team came by to join the conversation.

“Great! Now how are we going to find a Pokeball?” James asked.

The triplets and Sara thought for a bit till Jake got an idea. “I got an idea.”

The four turned towards Oddity and Sprigatito with a creepy smile on their faces. The two Pokemon turned white as a ghost as they cried out in fear and ran into their trainer's arms shivering.

Lewis and Wiatt looked at their Pokemon and held them tight as they gave a small glare at the four. “Darling, Sprigatito went through a lot!” Lewis scolded, reminding his best friend about Sprigatito’s past. Lewis looked down and petted the Grass Cat Pokemon, “I’m not gonna put her back in her Pokeball and send her to who knows where the Pokemon have been transported.”

“And Oddity hates being in his Pokeball,” Wiatt added.

“Well, how are we going to track down our Pokemon then!” Jake exclaimed.

Oliver smiled, “maybe we don’t need a Pokeball with a Pokemon in it.” He said.

The group looked at the tallest member of the research team wondering what plan he had in store to find everyone’s missing Pokeballs.

Later, Oliver used a spare empty Pokeball and put a tracking device inside before putting the Pokeball in the transporter. “Now we just put the Pokeball here, and…” he clicked the button to send it over. Once the Pokeball was transported, Oliver went on his Rotom Phone and saw the Pokeball was sent into the middle of the woods.

“Odd, I’d assume the location would be an unknown building, not in the middle of the woods,” James said.

“It could be someone built a handmade transporter and put a device so the Pokeballs would be sent to that location then here.” Oliver thought.

“Come on! Let’s go find our Pokemon!” Jake exclaimed as he ran out of the Pokemon Center, and his brothers followed.

“W-Wait boys!” Lewis yelled chasing after them. Oliver, Wiatt, and Sara chased after the triplets and hopefully, they could catch them in time.

“Don’t worry Skiddo, we’re coming.” Sara thought.

Back with Team Rocket, the trio was done packing up all the Pokeballs. “Finally, that took us forever!” Team Rocket James exclaimed.

“Yeah. Glad that was the last of the Pokeballs.” Meowth added.

“Alright, let’s get-” Jessie was cut off when she and the rest of the trio turned around to see their transporter send out another Pokeball. Team Rocket looked down at the Pokeball that rolled out of their transporter machine.

“Great!” They both sighed. 

“Well, who is willing to unpack their Pokeballs to make room?” Meowth asked.

Without hesitation, Jessie and James pointed at the Scratch Cat Pokemon. “You!” They both exclaimed.

“Me?!” Meowth exclaimed.

“Yes, you!”

Meowth groaned in disappointment, unraveling his bag and hoping he had room in the bag to fit the last Pokeball. However, due to how many Pokeballs were in the bag, everything spilled out. Meowth screamed and quickly gathered all of the Pokeballs before any of them rolled away. “Phew…That was close.” He sighed.

“Now come on, let’s get-” Jessie was cut off as the recently sent Pokeball opened and showed a tracking device. “Hmm…What’s this?”

“Looks like a tracking device,” Meowth answered.

Soon, Team Rocket heard footsteps coming by and looked up, freaked out. “The Pokeball should’ve teleported right here,” Oliver said. He and his friends and the triplets and Team Rocket stared at each other for a few seconds.

After staring at each other for a while the two parties screamed. “The twerps!?” Team Rocket shouted.

“Team Rocket!” Wiatt and the researchers shouted, knowing it was them all along.

“So you three were the ones who stole the Pokeballs, including my Skiddo!” Sara yelled.

Wiatt growled, “Give the Pokeballs back, Team Rocket!” He demanded the trio of villains

“Eevee! Vee!” Oddity added, hoping Team Rocket would listen to him.

Team Rocket glared and decided to jump into their motto now.

“Prepare for trouble, we’re one step ahead!” Jessie started.

“And make it double, don’t lose your head!” Team Rocket James exclaimed.

“To protect the world from devastation.” Jessie continued.

“To unite all peoples within our nations.” Team Rocket James continued as well.

“To denounce the evils of truth and love.”

“To extend our reach to the stars above!”

“Jessie!” Jessie exclaimed.

“James!” Team Rocket James exclaimed, as well.

“Hey isn’t that my name?” Triplet James asked, cutting into the motto.

“Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!” Jessie yelled.

“Surrender now or prepare to fight!” Team Rocket James added.

“Meowth, that’s right!” Meowth finished.

“Wobbuffet!” Wobbuffet exclaimed.

Triplet James’s eyes sparkled seeing a villain had the same name as him. “Wow, it’s amazing that there’s someone with the same name as me, and he’s a bad guy!” He beamed.

“Aww thank you!” Team Rocket James replied, smiling at the kid.

“Jimmy, you gotta remember whose side you're on,” Meowth said.

“Right, sorry!”

“Same here bro,” John said, reminding his brother.

“Yeah, remember they’re the bad guys and stole our Pokemon!” Jake replied. To make sure he turned to Team Rocket.  “Uh…you're the ones who stole the Pokeballs did you?” 

“What do you think, twerp?!” Meowth yelled. “See all these Pokeballs we stole here from the Pokemon Center! That was us!” He exclaimed. 

“We used a special link cable we attached to the inside of the transporter machine so instead of the Pokeballs being transferred to the Pokemon Center.” Jessie started.

“They’ll be transferred over to us.” Team Rocket James finished.

Wiatt and the group glared at Team Rocket for their evil plans. However, Sara was mad that her Skiddo was in their hands, and wouldn’t give it back.

Seeing Sara angry, upset Oddity and Sprigatito. The two growled and ready to battle Team Rocket to save the Pokeballs.

“Don’t worry darling, we’ll get them back,” Lewis said, determined to get his best friend’s Pokemon back.

Team Rocket smirked and grabbed their Pokeballs too, ready to battle as well. “So the twerps want a battle, huh?” Jessie asked.

“Don’t worry, this will be easy.” Team Rocket James added.

“Alright, Gourgeist let’s go!” Jessie exclaimed.

A super-sized Gourgeist came out of Jessie’s Pokeball, “Gour, Gourgeist!” 

“Carnivine, you're up!” Team Rocket James yelled. However, the second Carnivine came out it went ahead and latched on to James’s head and biting on it. “Seriously! Not in front of the children!”

Carnivine quickly let go and joined Gourgeist to battle against Sprigatito and Oddity. The latter group of Pokemon growled and were ready to fight.

“Let’s go, Sprigatito use Leafage!” Lewis commanded.

“Oddity, let’s use Shadow Ball!” Wiatt commanded. 

Sprigatito jumped up and released Leafage from her neck shooting them at Team Rocket’s grass-type Pokemon. While Oddity released Shadow Ball from his mouth and launched it at Team Rocket’s Pokemon.

“Dodge it!” Team Rocket yelled.

Carnivine and Gourgeist dodged the attack, but it went towards Meowth who got hit and dropped his bag filled with Pokeballs.

“Hey you two when it comes to dodging, make sure it doesn’t hit me!” Meowth yelled.

“Gourgeist, use Dark Pulse!” Jessie commanded.

“Carnivine, use Bullet Seed!” Team Rocket James commanded.

Gourgeist fired a beam of dark purple rings from her mouth, while Carnivine shot small little seeds from their mouth.

“Dodge it!” Lewis and Wiatt yelled.

Oddity and Sprigatito jumped dodging the moves, with Sprigatito using dance moves to miss.

“Oddity, use Shadow Ball once more!” Wiatt commanded.

Oddity launched a Shadow Ball attack towards Team Rocket’s Pokemon, which pushed them back towards their trainers, also knocking the bags of Pokeballs off them.

“Alright, Sara, go find Skiddo. Lewis and I can battle them from here.” Wiatt said.

Sara nodded and went to the pile of Pokeballs, trying to find the Pokeball her Skiddo was housed in. She turned each of the Pokeballs she picked up to the front looking for Skiddo’s Pokeball as it was different from the others.

Oddity saw the young trainer desperately look for her Pokeball and decided to leave the battle to help her.

“Oddity, where are you going?” Wiatt asked.

The Eevee sniffed each of the Pokeballs until he saw one Pokeball that had a pink flower sticker on it. Tilting his head he grabbed with his mouth and went over to Sara.

“Eevee!” Oddity muffled.

Sara turned and her eyes widened seeing the Pokeball in Oddity’s mouth. It was  Skiddo’s Pokeball.

“Oddity! You found her!” Sara beamed. Oddity dropped the Pokeball in Sara’s hand and in return, she petted him on the head.

“Vee! Eevee!” Oddity beamed.

Sara gave a light chuckle and looked down at her Pokeball. Giving a determined look she was ready to take over the battle.

Lewis and Wiatt decided to let the female researcher battle Team Rocket take over the battle and stepped back a bit.

“Alright, let’s begin shall we,” Sara said. “Skiddo! Let’s go!” 

Sara threw her Pokeball and her Skiddo came out of her Pokeball. Once landing, she turned back and smiled at Sara. The latter smiled, feeling tears in her eyes, seeing her Skiddo was safe and sound.

“So that’s Skiddo,” Wiatt said as he grabbed his Rotom Phone to scan Skiddo into the Pokedex.

Skiddo, the Mount Pokemon. A grass-type.

It’s one of the first Pokemon to live in harmony with humans. It would give people rides on its back to transverse on mountain paths.

Team Rocket glared seeing it was no longer a two-on-two but now a two-on-three battle. “Big deal! You have three twerpy Pokemon, but we can still handle them with our Pokemon!” Meowth yelled.

Lewis and Wiatt were ready to help out Sara and Skiddo but were stopped by Oddity and Sprigatito.

“Eevee! Vee.” Oddity said.

“Meow. Meow.” Sprigatito added.

“Are you saying you want to let Sara and Skiddo battle Team Rocket themselves?” Wiatt asked.

“Vee!” Oddity replied.

Wiatt and Sara looked up, as the boy gave his friend a nod to battle Team Rocket.

Sara nodded back and turned to face her Pokemon, “Just like old times, right Skiddo?” Sara asked.

Skiddo bleats and smirks ready to fight.

“Gourgeist, use Leech Seed!” Jessie commanded.

Gourgeist launched a seed at Skiddo, but the Mount Pokémon stood still and took the Leech Seed. However, instead of draining energy, it boosted Skiddo’s attack before the Pokemon broke free from the seeds.

Jessie and Gourgeist looked shocked that their attack didn’t do anything.

“Carnivine, use Vine Whip!” Team Rocket James commanded.

“Carnivine!” Carnivine shouted launching vines as Skiddo caught them with her horns, causing another boost to Skiddo’s attack.

“What’s going on?” Jake asked.

Lewis’s eyes widened, “I know what Sara’s doing. She is using Skiddo’s Sap Sipper ability!” He exclaimed.

“Sap Sipper?” John asked.

“An ability Skiddo has, darling. Anytime Skiddo gets hit with grass moves it will boost her attack.” Lewis explained.

The triplets smiled and turned to Sara and Skiddo. “So that means Skiddo is gonna be strong!” Jake exclaimed.

Team Rocket looked frightened as Skiddo was ready to fight. However, Jessie wasn’t going down without a fight.

“Alright if grass moves won’t work!” She started, “Gourgeist use Dark Pulse!” 

“Skiddo dodge and use Vine Whip!” Sara commanded.

Skiddo ducked the Dark Pulse, and soon vines came out of her leafy mane and grabbed Gourgeist. Skiddo then threw the Pumpkin Pokémon into a nearby tree. Due to the double attack boost it hurt Gourgeist.

“Alright, Carnivine use Razor Leaf!” Team Rocket’s James commanded.

Carnivine shouted while launching Razor Leaf at Skiddo.

“Dodge it! And use Take Down!” Sara commanded.

Skiddo jumped to the left before running over to Carnivine as a yellow aura appeared. She then slammed into the Bug Catcher Pokemon, who then flew back into Gourgeist and Team Rocket, slamming them into a tree.

“Alright, let’s finish this with Bulldoze!” Sara yelled.

Skiddo then stopped her hooves on the ground as a shockwave of rocks on the ground headed toward Team Rocket. The evil team screamed, fearful of the attack headed towards them, and sent them off into the sky.

“If it wasn’t for that tracking device, we’d be winners!” Jessie yelled.

“We would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling twerps!” Team Rocket James yelled.

Meowth sighed, “Wrong catchphrase James. We don’t say that…we usually say…”

“Team Rocket’s blasting off again!” Team Rocket yelled as they blasted off into the sky, and a star twinkled.

The triplets cheered for Sara and Skiddo seeing they won the battle and saved the Pokemon.

Heck, even Wiatt was impressed seeing his friend being a very skilled battler. “She’s…good,” Wiatt said.

“That’s Sara for ya, darling,” Lewis replied.

“We did it!” Sara cheered.

Skiddo ran over to her trainer, as the latter kneeled and hugged her Pokemon tight, nuzzling her. Sara laughed and teared up a bit. It was a mix of emotions for both of them; reuniting after being apart for so long, as well as winning a battle against Team Rocket.

By sunset, the researchers brought back everyone’s Pokeballs back to the Pokemon Center. They told Nurse Joy the truth about Team Rocket pretending to be mechanics to fix the Pokemon Teleporter and that the nurse will call the right mechanics to fix it up, and hopefully they’ll have something set up so Team Rocket won’t try the same nasty tricks again.

“Thank you so much for finding the missing Pokeballs.” Nurse Joy said. “I’ll send a notice to trainers who’ve lost any of their Pokeballs that they’ll be transferred over to them at the nearest Pokemon Center.”

“That’s great!” Wiatt exclaimed.

“Found them!” The triplets yelled. The four researchers turned to the triplets and saw they had found their Pokeballs.

“Glad you got your Pokemon back?” Sara asked.

The triplets nodded. Then triplet James spoke up, “Hey Miss! Could we battle your Skiddo one day?” He asked.

“Sure, hope you got some strong Pokemon, because she’s strong!” Sara beamed, petting her Skiddo.

Skiddo bleated in reply, ready to take on some challengers.

“Now, now boys. Aren’t you supposed to be heading home? It’s getting late.” Nurse Joy reminded them.

“Oh right! It’s almost dinner time!” Jake asked.

“Thanks again, Miss! Good luck!” John yelled as he and his brother ran home.

“Bye, guys! Hope to see you again!” Wiatt yelled.

“Eevee! Vee!” Oddity yelled, saying goodbye as well.

Once seeing the triplets off, Sara turned to the boys, “Well, shall we get going?” She asked.

The boys nodded ready to get back to the facility, have a nice dinner, and get some sleep. 

Before they left, Skiddo used her vines to lift Oddity and Sprigatito on her back. The two Pokémon smiled and thanked Skiddo. The latter belated in reply. Skiddo looked at her trainer and used her vines to wrap Sara’s hand almost like holding it.

Sara looked down as Skiddo smiled and belated. Sara smiled back and started to run back to the facility, “come on! Let’s go!” She beamed. She and Skiddo ran giving her a head start while the others followed long behind them.

[thedarklinglovearchived]

❝ do you ever have nightmares? ❞  ~ @rolling-orb-bot ( Cat Orbot )

// @rolling-orb-bot

a pause. a few seconds one.

did he ever have nightmares ... ? Yes. All the time. they used to be just about Black Doom and the Comet. But now it's extended to including Gods. One God who took him in and sees him as a son. And another God with sickly yellow eyes....

killing the other God.

and a God with lilac stripes carrying his corpse back with tears. only to be struck down as well ...

he hated Heephis. He has never met him but he hates him. For everything he has done to his dad and Celios. Neither of them deserved his tyranny.

he didn't want them to die.

" yeah. it's awful. are you having them ?"

[hexellent]

SHIPLIST---

Kass and Celios. Rose and Celios. :)

@lilacgod // 3 Songs on the Playlist

Kissin' Strangers - DNCE ft Nikki Minaj

I got a boy that I kinda like This is a kiss-kiss, tongue him down kind of night He got that mmm, mmm, hard, got that China white He got that bomb, I think I'ma call him dynamite I gotta lotta songs, I could show you all the sonograms Me? I'm Jem, and these bitches is the holograms Me? I win, and these bitches just lose They ship sink, but my ship, it just cruise Anyway, I'm back, with my baby gat, gimme piggy back Drip drip, where that kitty cat? Put it in his lap Sip sip on the tip tip, lick on his lip-lip I think he's tryna hit young Nick like the quick pic

I LOVE YOU HOE - Odetari ft 9Lives

Ain't nobody takin' you away from me, baby (I promise) Ain't nobody in here that can say that I did you wrong No-Nobody gonna put up with your shit the way I done Nobody is comin' here to save ya, I did enough Y-y-y-y-y-you, it's you No one look good with me but you Y-y-y-y-y-you, it's you No one look good with me but you

Blow Your Mind - Dua Lipa

Tell me I'm too crazy You can't tame me, can't tame me Tell me I have changed But I'm the same me, old same me Inside Hey! If you don't like the way I talk, then why am I on your mind? If you don't like the way I rock, then finish your glass of wine We fight and we argue, you'll still love me blind If we don't fuck this whole thing up Guaranteed, I can blow your mind Mwah!

I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen

Late night, watching television But how'd we get in this position? It's way too soon, I know this isn't love But I need to tell you something I really, really, really, really, really, really like you And I want you, do you want me, do you want me, too? I really, really, really, really, really, really like you And I want you, do you want me, do you want me, too?

I'm Invincible - Ama Lee (One Piece: Film Red)

My voice carries birds in flight With every note, they go higher and higher See how I move with such grace Just like a dancer on the stage Your voice carries life within Calls me to action again and again If you're hurt and you need me I'll always be there, I swear I'll always protect you We'll have a chance to go to brand new heights You and I, unstoppable when we're together We can have it all A fire burns within our hearts

Strawberry Blond - Mitski

I love everybody because I love you When you stood up, walked away barefoot And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape I looked over it and I ached I love everybody because I love you I don't need the city, and I don't need proof All I need, darlin', is a life in your shape I picture it, soft, and I ache [...] Look at you, strawberry blond Fields rollin' on I love it when you call my name Can you hear the bumblebees swarm? Watching your arm I love it when you look my way

[sunshine-embodied]

oh. well for the cat i think pepper or celio suits it most

i found another cat, i think i'll keep him.

[reveuseedits]

Pᴀʀᴋ Jɪᴍɪɴ Bɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ ᴘᴀᴄᴋ ⁽ ² / ³ ⁾ ♡

ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ *:・ﾟ✧ Dᴏ NOT Rᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛs.

ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ *:・ﾟ✧ Lɪᴋᴇ ᴏʀ Rᴇʙʟᴏɢ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ sᴀᴠᴇᴅ.

ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ *:・ﾟ✧ Rᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛs ᴀʀᴇ CLOSED

✧ Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ✧

[dreamypastel]

BHNA OC!! Feel free to send any asks for her

[ahmarwolf]

Cats Love Water by PERITIAN Pre Order Available

Cats Love Water by PERITIAN Pre Order Available

PREORDER LAUNCH: Cats Love Water: Chapter 2 by @Peritian . Follow Arno and Celio in their continuing adventures and shenanigans as they meet some interesting new friends! Books will ship early October. 18+ only. https://www.fenrispublishing.com/order.php?s=peritian

[seviiscript]

Celio is… Kind of a gossip

in the postgame of FRLG he comes up to you if you visit One Island and talks to you like ‘hey, you know,  I’ve heard rumours about you…’ and proceeds to tell you a little about what he’s heard. He also fills half of all of Bill’s information on your Fame Checker, which is… An item that’s basically built just to hold gossip

The stuff he tells you about Bill isn’t too personal ( he tells you that he’s lactose intolerant, that his first catch was an Abra and than his family still lives in his childhood home in Goldenrod City ) and the stuff he talks to you aboutyourself with aren’t too personal either ( he says how he heard that you’re originally from Pallet Town and then proceeds to ask you what your favourite Pokémon and your favourite things to eat are ), but the point still stands: Celio really likes talking about other people, way more than he likes talking about himself. Whenever he does talk about himself it’s always in a negative light( ‘sorry I’m wasting so much of your time’ / ‘sorry for bothering you when you look so busy…’ / ‘if Bill were here I could rely on him for everything, but I want to try this myself for once’ ), but he heaps praise on you and Bill ( ‘Bill is one amazing guy…’ / ‘You made my dream come true… It’s all thanks to you, Fire/Leaf!’ ) so he’s just made it a habit to gather info on people he likes.

[diamondish9]

Can I request Mechanical Lullaby headcanon for Gaku and Tenn please! Ps.I love your writing! 💕

[ Blows a kiss to the sky ] For the anon who waited a bit too long for this

You didn't specify what kind of head canons you wanted so I'm going with general, if you wanted something else, the inbox is still open!

Referencing various of the MechaLala RabbitTV's, which I highly suggest reading if you loved the event!

AUGUS (YAOTOME GAKU)

Almost never leaves the clock tower, like ever. If he does, it's usually a state of emergency (or he's going to play with Novem (Momo) and Dissen's (Yuki) cats)

One of the few dolls who can handle Meir's (Sogo) original recipes, but is generally not a fan of eating (or sleeping for that matter)

Secretly loves baked goods like cakes and cinnamon rolls, almost never admits this and only eats them if he thinks he deserved it

Likes to drink tea while looking over the city when the sun sets. If he finds himself with a lover, it's one of the first things he'll show them

CELIO (KUJO TENN):

One of the few dolls who will talk back to Fabra (Yamato), which has gotten him in some hot water before

Prior to losing his memories, he spent a lot of time with Terra (Riku) in the library with Jane (Iori) and in Meir's resteraunt

Also likes to play with Novem and Dissen's cats

Had a hard time adjusting to having to remeet the other dolls beside Terra and not to talk about events that happened before being rewound, it caused him to be more aloof than his partner

[natsspammityspamspamham]

Dino Rambles about their original story that’s kind of an Avatar ripoff

I decided to make this post just to get it out there to anyone who’s interested. This is a complex (I think) story so this might take more than one post to summarize.

It’s a running joke (with myself) that this is an Avatar ripoff because of the four elements, but this changes later on anyway. I created this story out of spite for Masashi Kishimoto who wrote Naruto with its main heroine Sakura Haruno. He confessed that he’s unable to draw good heroine characters and fashioned Sakura as a girl who could not understand men, the best example of a heroine he could come up with. [source]  I still respect the guy, but I couldn’t understand how he couldn’t come up with a good female character and how Sakura was the best that he could do. That’s why this story has a female lead.

Where can I read the partially completed story?

https://betabooks.co/books/5772

I write for the sake of getting my ideas down on paper. Quality isn’t guaranteed.

What is this story about?

The name I have for it right now is: “The Manipulators”

It’s about a girl named Seraphina Konan who lives in a universe where children (at age 12) receive elemental (fire, water, air, and earth for now) powers based on a test that is instructed to them. Due to current events and crime rates rising amongst people with those powers, the classes (that were as large as thirty or so) before now dwindled down to eight. Seraphina has seven fellow classmates: 

Characters:

Seraphina Konan: Element: Fire Sera is a caring person who is dependable and reliable when it comes down to it. She’s a hard worker, but she doesn’t overexert. She’s a bit quick to snap sometimes, and when she has her mindset on something, she won’t stop until she gets it. 

Ayden Hakuryuu:  Element: Water Ayden is a guy whose flaws sometimes overshadow his good sides. He’s not very open with his emotions and hates showing affection.

Hikari Chiba: Element: Fire Hikari is a very level-headed intelligent girl who is hardworking and tenacious, but despite what people think when they look at her stoic expression, she is sympathetic and does care about people she’s close to.

Celio Zaveri: Element: Earth Celio is laid-back and relaxed. He’s not easily angered besides the occasional annoyance. He sometimes feels inferior because of his blindness. He feels self-conscious towards the idea of holding back others because of his disability.

Eve Val: Element: Water Eve is very level-headed and relaxed unless peanut butter or sleep are in the mix. She is quite crafty when it comes to getting out of work, but she doesn’t like interacting with people when she’s tired.

Jayden Alphonse: Element: Air She’s extremely laid-back to the point where it might even be a fault. Unlike many of her classmates, she is very open emotionally. She is emotionally and sensibly smarter than the rest of the cast. She’s a bit transparent and ditzy though. She wears sunglasses all the time to the point where only Eve (her best friend) knows what she looks like without them (although it’s a faint memory).

Koa Danzer: Element: Earth Koa is a walking ball of anxiety that eventually opens up to his classmates. He always wants to help those he cares about even if he stutters when talking and trips over himself.

Matthias Xander: Element: Air Matthias is lively and energetic. He is often described as a bouncy ball that never stops, and he is always there to put a smile on people’s faces. 

She also has two... eccentric teachers that teach her and her seven classmates.

Hiyoshi Kamiya: Hiyoshi is an apathetic sadistic trickster who loves playing jokes on people. He’s intelligent in terms of nature, environment, and spatial cognitive functioning, but he is just above average academically (but never tries). But he is very apathetic and almost ruthless. This is caused by his upbringing, but he can kill in cold blood without a second thought. He likes blueberry milk, but he’s scared of his cousin and his parents.

Edward Uchiyama: He’s a little similar to Hiyoshi except he prefers to laze around and is generally a lot more caring and sympathetic. He is rarely seen without a blue blanket which is “part of his person”. This character has a lot probably the most connections to one of the major antagonists to the story.

There are other side characters as well, but I think you can skip over this if you’re new:

Serene Kamiya (Hiyoshi’s cousin): She’s the one who keeps him in check as the school’s headmaster. She’s far more diligent than her cousin despite being younger by two years. She was raised by a single mother who is Hiyoshi’s father’s sister.

Amanda Franz (Hiyoshi’s girlfriend) She’s a very kind-hearted girl with a sense of justice. She is able to put on a charismatic front, and she possesses beauty unlike any other. In the past, she used to be quiet, shy, and withdrawn student until she met her best friend.

(Name is up to change) Antagonist: Edward’s former neighbour. He met him after always hitting his ball into the open window of his house on the outskirts of town. They eventually became very close friends. He is jaded by his past and believes that the destruction and rebirth of society are for the best. He knows societal secrets that no one else knows, but he lost his family at age sixteen.

General Overview (probably could’ve done a better job at this):

Chapter One: 

Mind: People who are smart and value intelligence can manipulate the element of fire. Soul: People who are laid-back and relaxed can manipulate the element of water. Body: People who are ambitious and determined can manipulate the element of earth. Heart: People who are caring and compassionate can manipulate the element of air.

These are the faculties that you can fit in after taking your assessment.

Sera does the assessment and eventually finds out that she is an unconventional candidate of some sort since her results are undeterminable due to the fact that she fit into all the categories. You can get two or three, but it is strange to get all four. 

Her backstory is revealed. She reveals that to her knowledge, her family was killed by a rogue manipulator (which is what you call a person with elemental powers). This includes her mother, father, and older brother. After, she is adopted by an ungrateful family who lost their daughter due to illness and takes their grief out on her. 

The government requires you to live with a family (biological or adopted) until age twelve (which is when you are allowed to leave).

Chapter Two: 

Sera meets some of the cast for the second time including Ayden who is a bit of a standoffish asshole who’s too tall for his age. She meets her teachers. 

There are some demons that exist inside Sera since her power doesn’t fully resonate with her because of the fact that she didn’t officially fit into any faculty/group of any kind. They go home for the day and come back the next day to find out that they have to go through excruciating training. If you give up, your power will leave you unaccepted. This results in only eight students being left: Seraphina, Ayden, Matthias, Koa, Jayden, Eve, Hikari, and Celio.

Cue ice cream bonding trip, training montage, exposition, and Sera abandoning her abusive family. 

Sera takes the paper test where they are supposed to use their power/element to affect a piece of paper. Sera fails and falls unconscious because what a loser.

Sera finds out she is neighbours with Ayden who is apprehensive about telling her the conditions of why he lives in such a rundown building (which will be explained much later). Hikari also lives a floor below.

Ayden and Sera do the paper test again. Repeat what happened with the demons coming back in denying her capabilities even though she’s a protagonist (so her success goes without saying).

Chapter Three:

School years start in January and end at the end of October (the 30th to be exact). The kids are two months away (more like three because they always forget that October is a full month) so exam season is coming up. A lot of the students (Ayden, Eve, and Jayden) worry because they’re stupid.

More exposition occurs where characters get more dialogue.

Students try to study last minute.

Exams occur, and some are successful while others aren’t exactly. The teachers finally mention (amongst themselves and just to the reader) that they have not graded any of their students’ assignments throughout the entire year. Jayden has never received a double-digit (meaning more than 10%) on anything. They realize that they need to call the headmaster to make arrangements. She threatens to tell Hiyoshi’s dad (who is named Rintarou).

Chapter Four:

The students now have to do some extra credit since quite a few of them didn’t pass their classes. All of them are roped in though. This is pretty much community service. They have to find a cat named Basura and a bunny named Annabelle. More development happens as they eventually do return the two animals (Basura is a raccoon and not a cat by the way).

Chapter Five:

They end up going on a short trip for the rest of the spare day they have. No teachers end up saying what’s the trip about, but once they arrive, they find a crime scene that shouldn’t have been seen. It turns out that their job was to protect those in that town, and since it wasn’t seen as a major threat, they figured they were safe. They ended up being ambushed where the kids now had to use their powers to do something.

Wow, it took five chapters for this and was an inserted fight because they eventually had to wait longer. They’re still quite weak though.

After arriving back home, nobody exactly wanted to talk about the fact that they had just seen places where people died and actually watched some people die. Sera ends up eventually snapping and asking why they were sent there in the first place and why they weren’t sent earlier to do their jobs and protect the people. It’s explained that it was originally a low-grade threat, but since they were there and saw those crime scenes that weren’t touched since it was generally towards the outskirts, the students were told that they would’ve been killed if they’d been there at that moment in time.

Their teachers explain further saying that it isn’t uncommon for things like that to happen, but it is rare for information of these attacks to surface since the government officials do their best to keep it under the carpet. Sera officially says (informing her classmates) that she could’ve been killed alongside her family. Her classmates comfort her because welp, how are you supposed to support a classmate whose family was a victim of mass murder?

Chapter Six:

Sera and the rest of the students may be approaching the end of the year, but that’s used for an excuse so that they can renovate the school before getting into the colder months. They are given a week off school.

Celio, Hikari, Sera, and Ayden hang out. They end up listening to someone trash Sera over the rumours of her test results from the assessment surfacing. They are quickly put down by her friends as they go to Celio’s house and end up meeting his dad Carter. The friends do stuff.

This chapter is about Celio’s story surfacing.

“His birth mother dropped him at the steps of a house that belonged to Carter Zaveri. He took the child in even after discovering that the child would never see. His wife at the time (Johanna May) insisted on abandoning the child at an orphanage, but Carter refused resulting in their split. He now works as a doctor. Celio did not discover his history with Johanna until Chapter Six where Ayden read a letter to him that Hikari may or may not have exposed while reading books on his shelf.”

Chapter Seven:

They have a year-end tournament with the threat of expulsion if they do not win their match. Spoiler Alert: Nobody gets expelled. Why would they? They have fights that go along like this (the first person in the bracket won): Koa vs Matthias Jayden vs Eve Hikari vs Celio Ayden vs Sera However, due to the overuse of her power, Sera falls unconscious during the battle resulting in her losing from that cause. She is rushed to the infirmary and wakes up a week later to find out that none of their classmates got expelled. They all go out to eat afterwards then vacation starts.

Chapter Eight:

October 31st is not Halloween but is instead a day to honour the dead. Sera and Ayden meet there coincidentally. Ayden opens up that his parents didn’t take care of him for the majority of his life because his mother murdered his father in a fit of rage caused by his infidelity. His aunt on his mother’s side raised him until the age of eleven because she died of leukemia. They end up walking home (partially because Ayden was temporarily banned from public transit until further notice), and they briefly complain about none of their classmates or them being able to get jobs.

Finally, on the last day of the year, they meet, and exchange presents.

Chapter Nine:

Elemental weapons are weapons that can be brought out by a manipulator by using their energy and the mastery of their given element. This is explained to them.

But first, the teachers inform the students that they’re going to be celebrating Ayden’s birthday. Unfortunately, they didn’t get around to any birthdays the previous year because it was their first year as teachers and any mistake (which leads to their firing) would result in them not getting around to all their birthdays. This seemed to be a large concern because they are both highly irresponsible and are both walking liabilities.

Ayden didn’t seem to celebrate his birthday which was seen as odd since he was the type of person to make things about himself in those kinds of circumstances. But it is later revealed that he hates his birthday because it’s the exact day that his aunt (the person he looked up to) died. He blames himself for her death because she had to support him with the little amount of money she had while trying to pay for healthcare. She ultimately pushed herself too hard making herself sicker than she was originally resulting in her early departure. His classmates try to reason with him saying that it isn’t his fault, and Sera ends up kicking him across the face to snap out of it. She says that friends don’t bottle their anguish internally and that being strong isn’t shown by keeping it under wraps. She tells him to hit her with all he’s got. The other students go outside to call their teachers about the cancelled occasion (and to keep other students out of the classroom due to the amount of noise they were creating from the fight). Sera doesn’t fight Ayden back and instead accepts his blows. Once the teachers return, they find that many things in the classroom were broken. Upset, they soon realize the circumstances since the students informed them about Ayden’s aunt’s death. They ask whether Ayden is okay and feeling better to which, he says yes and asks whether they can resume the pizza plans the following day. They ask whether Sera is okay as well, but she lies and says that she’s fine (even though she’s in a lot of pain). Her teachers sense this and decide to drive her home even though it’s an “equally deadly experience”.

They go out for pizza, and Ayden gets a new mattress to replace his old one. He finally happily celebrates being thirteen as he begins to realize that he might actually like his birthday now.

Chapter Ten:

The kids go to the blacksmith house for a weapon orientation (despite not needing physical weapons) with their teachers along with weapon expertise from two side characters that I don’t know will have much of a role later on. Their names are Zahra and Ramiro. Don’t ask. I used a random name generator. They each receive a weapon. There is some fluff written in, but it’s not necessary to the story.

The students’ weapons:

Sera: Sword with flames Ayden: Double-ended naginata with poison Jayden: Kunai fans (two) Eve: Wires (which are used in combination with water) Koa: Staff with a hammerhead on each side. Matthias: A giant shuriken Celio: Two dual axes that can fuse together Hikari: Bow and arrow (arrows are produced by the archer)

Chapter Eleven:

Sera celebrates her birthday.

The kids go back to the blacksmith house for a checkup. It has only been a few weeks, so they find that they are not good with their weapons at all. They stay at the blacksmith for a three-day trip with a two-day training camp. During the final morning of their stay, they are awoken by a man screaming for help at their doorstep. Sera, being the only one who’s awakened by the noise, goes and opens the door. The man bursts in despite her trying to close the door after seeing who it is (since he has a similar appearance to the rogues mentioned in another chapter). Half-asleep Sera has no logic. I relate. Chaos ensues. The man states that he would take the “future rogue of four colours” (regarding Sera’s test) the antagonist. Edward seems very angry about it and ends up killing the rogue before getting any information out of him. Can they get away with murder? Yes, because once you are proven a rogue, your life is worth no more than an ant’s. They ask Sera why she opened the door in the first place. She says that she has the instinct to help those in need which is met with great criticism.

Chapter Twelve:

Rumours of the four colours starts to deepen. With Sera’s results almost being public knowledge, individuals start approaching and harassing her about the details which she doesn’t want to disclose. She gets the crap beaten out of her, and she isn’t allowed to fight back due to manipulators being frowned upon by the public. It’s a manipulator’s job is to protect the citizens, and with the rogue population on the rise, there is more mistrust in the manipulators than ever. Any action taken against citizens can result in automatic expulsion. 

She has to prove (with the eventual help of her classmates after they found out in bad circumstances) that she is defending herself when she finally decides to fight back. She succeeds.

Chapter Thirteen:

Eve’s backstory is revealed when Matthias brings in a cat. Basically, Eve meets Jayden after having her cat killed by a bunch of little kid assholes.

Chapter Fourteen:

Ship stuff happens. I don’t know. I wrote it until 5am because I couldn’t sleep.

The old lady from chapter one (not really important but she’s still old) is dying and needs a plant for her treatment. They’re subjected to go to the outskirts and get it. There’s a thunderstorm going on. Hiyoshi and Edward are stupid and split everyone up. The rain causes the ground to give in while Hikari is looking, so while Celio is having some guilt about being literally a waste of space in their search, he almost fails to realize this. He jumps into action and shields Hikari’s fall at the expense of his physical well-being. He’ll survive. He eventually falls unconscious, and when Hikari gets up, she realizes what had just happened. She carries him as far as she can until they reach a higher point of ground at which point she signals for help. They’re eventually found and carried back by Matthias and Koa who find the plant but end up giving some of it to Hikari and Celio so that they would get a lot of the credit for all they’ve gone through. There are other points of view here, but they’re not “crucial to the plot”.

Chapter Fifteen:

We needed a vacation arc sometime, and I thought that it would be good to see how the kids reacted to going to a lake. That’s right. I’m not going to do a bathhouse or a beach. You kind of learn a bit more about the characters I guess, but this arc has not too much relevance to the overarching plot.

Chapter Sixteen (not yet written):

They go in for partnership testing. If that sounds like forced shipping, you aren’t completely wrong.

I’m not sure what the whole process is (I’ve changed it about five times).

The final pairings are as followed: Sera & Ayden Hikari & Celio Eve & Jayden Koa & Matthias

Future Plans and Developments?

The truth behind Sera’s backstory is revealed

Edward’s connection to the antagonist is revealed

Other backstories are revealed

Sera eventually does get captured (kind of like Kacchan) because she is seen as a “loose link that can defect and join the opposing side”

Ayden meets Sera’s brother Yuki who was supposed to be dead but isn’t

“Test of Courage” arc because I always wanted to have one of those other classic anime filler arcs

The origins of the powers and where they come from eventually get revealed far later

New powers are introduced

[scorpiosp-art]

KITTY KITTY KITTY

@mustmeowsp-art this one’s for you

[fracturedflower]

i totally forgot to make this while in 2017, so im gonna do it now! highlights of my 2017!!! because while it was rough a lot, i can think of a very fair amount of high points

also im gonna try to go in a sort of chronological order? idk ill do my best

- being asked out by my lovely lovely girlfriend at the very beginning of the year and spending all year knowing her better and getting closer and closer with her <3

- getting to live with my best bud @ursasminor for several months. i miss living with you so much bby but i think i’ve said that to you plenty of times by now

- applied for a job at wal-greens and even got called back and went in for an interview. i didnt get the job, unfortunately, but it was a big step for me!

- getting a switch + breath of the wild, then later splat2 and mario odyssey.. such good FUCKING games

- making nsfw blogs with my bestie for the restie @prince-celio and somehow getting even closer than we were before

- @turtlebuddy1 simply existing and being a part of my life

- same as above but with @lostgemini, you’re a beacon of light in my life to be frickin honest

- meeting and getting to know @kae-vee!!!

- being able to see coleman more and hanging out in his new apartment

- being REUNITED with my guy, the man the myth the legend @zobmie. we’re the true supreme meme team i lov and adore that boy

- being a part of a super cool discord server and meeting so many new very good friends!!!! @andyourbirdisgreen @ichipine @clamperls @jpeg-ghost @blackfeint (ISI IDK UR NEW URL IM SORRY ILY)

- FINALLY getting to see a psychiatrist and starting anxiety medication!!!

- finally starting college!!!!!!!!!!! even if its online, i did that!!!!!

- this one may seem small but @princesunflower simply being able to call me on my birthday for like 40 minutes, despite how busy he is <3

- my dad moving to texas for a new job. he’s out. he doesnt fucking live here. its so peaceful

- also my cat, queso, is cute and i love him. he turned 3

[curiosofthechasm]

The quos seemed thrilled at her answers. Nearby photolinguistic displays flashed with colorful fluids as they conversed. Several departed, but Celio acknowledged her with a furtive touch of the NIF.

“Forgive not only my forwardness, but that of my sisters.” Celio stepped forward, gazing at Noelle, the warm colors of her cybernetic eyes seemed to enlighten her otherwise tame expression. “The depth of my relief cannot be easily stated.”

Celio hesitated, recalling their interactions on the passenger ship. She carefully stepped forward then slipped her arms around Noelle in a gentle embrace. A new fascination overtook the Quodilus gathering as Celio’s sisters watched. Celio squeezed very gently and tried not to put any of her weight on Noelle, unsure if that was appropriate. In her mind she counted the precise amount of time that passed the first time they hugged. Noelle had not been offended by that exchange, after all. Slowly, she released her and stepped back. “The coven was distraught by the news. Lady Albina… she was angry. The abduction was an infringement upon Maris affairs.”

A brief moment of silence followed. “You must sit with us” said one of Celio’s sisters. Numerous Quodilus moved to one of the nearby lounge recesses- it looked more like an oversized cat bed- and collected in comfortable positions. Celio watched them. “Please indulge our curiosity, if you are well enough. My sisters have heard much of you, but it is very rare that we receive company like this.”

She guided Noelle to the cushioned area. As they were seated. Another quo handed Noelle a bulb of something blue and slightly illuminated. It smelled like fruit, though it was barely perceptible over the sweet fragrance that dominated the room. Celio sat right beside her, but another quo carefully leaned right onto her shoulder and looked into her eyes.

“I am Celva, 4 of 22. Your eyes are very unusual. I see… many colors.” Naturally, all the other nearby Quodilus leaned in to peer at her eyes. “These eyes… you were born with them?”

“On pizza?” Abel seemed to ponder that. “Uh. Green sausage, lettuce and that white stuff…. Cheese. That sounds very good right now.” He pondered for a moment then, drummed his toes on the floor. “Our noodles should be here soon.”

Saphlin averted his gaze at he question and focused on the components of his firearm. “It’s nothing.” He grumbled. Abel sat next to Noelle, then whispered. “Malkine. The reds. They do not get along with Maris… it is a long cultural thing. Made by same company long ago, I think.”

“Enough Abel” growled Saphlin. “Not her business. We’ll get you to the Maris Noelle, that’s our job and that’s the end of it.”

Abel lifted his foot and made a silent gesture of flatulence, then pointed at Saphlin as he grinned, then stood up. “I have been notified of good news! Did you see Saphlin?”

Saphlin nodded slightly, still focusing on his gun. “Vivi is stable. Policy covers a clone and they had one on standby.”

“And the noodles are here!” Abel scampered for the door where he met another KAIA agent and accepted some containers. He brought them back and opened them on a table near the couches. “Everyone grab packet! Still hot.”